<div dir="ltr">thomas, we did something like this in peoria, illinois. once on the future of peoria's neighborhoods. once on the future of education in peoria. i facilitated the second one.<div><br></div><div>the format was the same for both - tues/wed/thurs evenings. tues: gather for box meal at 5:30, open at 6-7, sessions from 7-8 and 8-9, one-word closing. wed: same box meal, quick news session, and three one-hour sessions. in we were 300 people. in the second one, we were in a middle school gymnasium and used the school's computer room to type the notes. the books were distributed at 530 thurs evening, eating and voting proceeded. action planning per the user's guide format. and a closing circle, ending by nine. the local news people covered it each night, with 10pm tv news leading off with interviews with participants taped in the 9-10pm slot and morning paper carrying the story for three days. the invitation went home in every school kid's pocket and was in full-page ads in the newspaper. new schools superintendent took the top ten issues and action plans and made that the agenda for the next school year. most interesting, the event had been convened by the school board, welcome by the president of the board, and some real concern about conflicts and dissatisfaction in the community -- and plenty of concern about people standing at microphones like at other public meetings, making angry speeches, demanding action and so on. in the end "parental responsibility" was the top issue in the voting. this typified the sense of shared responsibility that emerged.</div><div><br></div><div>proceedings with the invite, schedule, and such are at <a href="http://michaelherman.com/publications">michaelherman.com/publications</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div> <br>--<br><br>Michael Herman<br>Michael Herman Associates</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">312-280-7838 (mobile)</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><a href="http://MichaelHerman.com" target="_blank">http://MichaelHerman.com</a><br><a href="http://OpenSpaceWorld.org" target="_blank">http://OpenSpaceWorld.org</a></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Mikael Källman - Gmail via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Great idea Thomas! I see that there could be a great use for this kind of design that you are now inventing. I will try to contribute with some thoughts and ideas and follow this thread with great interest. Have a nice weekend :0)<div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5"><div>16 sep. 2016 kl. 09:36 skrev Thomas Herrmann via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.<wbr>org</a>>:</div><br></div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear friends in Open Space<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">I write to share about an exciting project and to ask to have feedback/ideas/experiences assisting me to refine/decide on the design I am working on.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">The project is in a neighbouring town of about 35 000 inhabitants. They are inviting everyone living there to explore ways to contribute to enhance the learning amongst children/youth complementing/supporting what is happening in the school. The top politician in the town, responsible for education/schools is my sponsor. During the spring I had a couple of meetings with the top politicians and managers for the school system. Then we widened the circles and had some meetings with other interest parties , to invite more engagement for this idea.<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">We have a plan that includes follow up, to support what is emerging, decide on next steps and make sure there is report back to what is happening and not.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">A couple of days ago we had our “final” planning meeting getting the theme etc. Still working on wording but something like “For the future of our children. How do we create conditions for enhanced learning for pupils in our community?” Of practical reasons evenings are considered the best options. Parents, pupils, teachers, business people, public workers etc etc are all busy daytime and weekends are not considered a good option. “Everyone” will be invited but it’s hard to say how many will come to each meeting. I guess between 10-200<span> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Now the plan is to have three 3-hour meetings in three different parts of the small community. I have suggested a fourth meeting where all are invited for convergence/action planning. There are of course several challenges. I am not even sure I will suggest we use OST even though I’d love to. I think a 3-hour meeting is the bare minimum for the simplest form of an OST meeting. On the other hand I see possibilities for this to be looked at like an OST meeting consisting of three occasions á 3 hours + convergence in a fourth meeting for another 3 hours… That looks better, ey?<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">There are some opportunities with this:<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>1.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> <span> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">More time for the divergent process before converging.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>2.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> <span> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">People can choose to join several meetings, deepening their thinking<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>3.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> <span> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">People can get access to more ideas/material from the 3 meetings.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>4.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> <span> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">There can be continued conversations online in between meetings and approaching meeting nbr 4.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>5.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> <span> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">There will be opportunities for people to create joint projects over “boundaries” in the community (meeting nbr 4 and online)<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">There are several challenges with this too.<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>1.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> <span> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">There will be different people in all of the meetings<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>a.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> <span> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">There needs to be a proper opening each time<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>2.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> <span> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">3 hours is very short. My plan: Opening/agenda 45 mts. Session 1 (45 mts). Session 2 (45 mts). Individual reflection/personal commitment (15 mts). Closing 30 mts.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>a.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> <span> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">For the actionplanning meeting (meeting nbr 4) I will probably use re-opening, after a brief opening and reading reports/reflecting. A couple of action planning sessions, 1 minute reportback/group and then closing.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>3.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> <span> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">How to bind everything together to one whole<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">So far I lean towards this plan but I would love to hear to your ideas, thoughts, experiences and/or suggestions!<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">All the best<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Thomas Herrmann<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Open Space Consulting AB<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span><a href="http://www.openspaceconsulting.com/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">www.openspaceconsulting.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">You reach us via phone: +46 (0)709 98 97 81 or email:<span> </span></span><span><a href="mailto:thomas@openspaceconsulting.com" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">thomas@<wbr>openspaceconsulting.com</span></a></span><span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Open Space Consulting is a small company with BIG ambitions to assist leaders and organizations as well as local communities to tap into their full power to achieve their dreams. 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